Residentie: big small otherwise

It’s very, very, very, very warm. We’re very, very, very, very sweaty. And we forgot which… we forgot which body part is which. We forgot which body part is which, and we touch. We touch our knee. We touch our knee and it feels…. it feels like a big warm waterfall that opens the knee and splits it in many, many pieces. Softly warmly. Our knee. Our knee is like a mountain.

big small otherwise explores the liminal space between the real and the imaginary, incorporating elements of storytelling, music-making, and movement to create an intimate performative space. It looks into practices that deconstruct the binary rhetoric, as the performers search for their ways of confronting the patriarchal gaze and find the politics of pleasure in expressing, re-imagining and presenting their identities.

Inspired by Paul B. Preciado's work on the body as a site of political resistance and drawing on Sara Ahmed's proposal on finding new possibilities for embodied existence, big small otherwise pushes the boundaries of the conservative theatrical conventions, encouraging fluidity.

The performers take the audience on a journey of discovery, exploring the in-between, and embracing coexistence rather than separation. big small otherwise challenges heteronormative narratives and invites the audience to experience a small but potentially impactful ‘otherwise’. For this residency Isadora is supported by The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK).